We offer two simulation-based training curriculums: 

Nicaragua

We debuted the GO MOMS/GO GYNS program in 2013 in Nicaragua—the second poorest country in the Western hemisphere that has a maternal mortality of 95/100,000 births in comparison with the USA rate of 17/100,000 births—at the Hospital Escuela Oscar Danilo Rosales Arguello (HEODRA), a public teaching hospital in Leon. HEODRA performs more than five thousand deliveries per year.

Our training was implemented over three visits and served 28 residents and 21 faculty.

Guatemala

GO MOMS in Guatemala began November 2016. Guatemala has the highest fertility rate in Central America, with 3.6 children per woman in 2009. It also has a higher maternal mortality rate than the rest of Latin America: in 1990, Latin America had an MMR of 124 maternal deaths per 100,000 births compared to Guatemala, which had an MMR of 205 maternal deaths per 100,000 births.  In 2005, Guatemala still had a 1 in 71 lifetime risk of maternal death. The GO MOMS course is performed at the IGSS (Guatemalan Social Security Institute), a non-profit teaching hospital in Guatemala City.

Our initial training in 2015 served approximately 50 residents and attending physicians. GO MOMS has returned yearly providing training at IGSS Paloma and has expanded to include 3 other hospitals in and around Guatemala City (Roosevelt, San Juan and Cuilapa). In 2019 the GO MOMS team performed a “train the trainer” course for 14 Guatemalan faculty, who will now return to their home institutions and initiate their own simulation program

COSTA RICA

GO MOMS had the opportunity to work twice in Costa Rica

In 2017, we performed a two-day course for 32 of the obstetrics and gynecology residents and attendings who serve the city of San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica.

The following year GO MOMS was invited to conduct a series of simulation based teaching sessions at the Annual OB/GYN National Conference in Costa Rica. This venue allowed the GO MOMS team to teach to over 70 advanced practice providers (obstetricians, midwives and nurses) coming from throughout the entire country.

India

In January of 2020, GO MOMS had the opportunity to travel to India and share experiences and knowledge with a wide array of India physicians, midwives and trainees. The experience began with a 3 day conference at the Dharampur ashram. GO MOMS faculty provided lectures and hands on simulation to over 150 attendees of the Third Annual Gujarat Evidence-Based Perinatal Care Symposium. The team then traveled to Shri Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College in Yavatmal and were able to observe the daily workings of a busy government hospital . The team also provided hands on simulation training over a 2 day period to medical students, residents and physicians from the surround area.